A Cumulative Flow Diagram is a visual summary of the information contained on the Scrum Wall, Task Board, or Kanban Wall. A Cumulative Flow Diagram differs from a Burnup in that it tracks work through all of its states. It’s useful because it can help spot bottlenecks and trends, but don’t confuse a Cumulative Flow Diagram or other measurement with the real world. A measurement is just a hint to go find out what is really happening.
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- Creating Cumulative Flow Diagrams
- Cumulative Flow Diagram
- Cumulative Flow Diagrams – summary from: Actionable Agile Metrics
- Explaining Cumulative Flow Diagrams – CFD
- How to Read the Cumulative Flow Diagram [Infographic]
- The Cumulative Flow Diagram: High Performance Monitoring
- Why we love metrics? Cumulative flow diagrams – a good story about what one team learned
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